Response to "But Are they Queer?"

[hundun]

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(What I didn't write was - Xtra West - perhaps you could hire some more people who do not identify as cisgendered homosexuals?)

A lot of homosexuals forget that the word "Queer" was coined in part to unite the wide range of ways of living outside the norm - undoing some of the damage wrought by psychiatry, which defined homosexuality as an

Comments

[rilwyn]

Thanks very much for your response to the article.

here's mine:

I am pleased to see Amy's comment, which covers a lot of the ways that queer people in hetero-appearing circumstances are marginalized. I'm in love with a male-bodied person, and I'm female-bodied... does that mean I give up my queerness? I haven't - this has not feminized nor normalized me at all.

[hundun]

I'd be curious to hear more about this. If you'd care to post more on Xtra, giving the specifics of your situation (agendered, tall etc...) that could help open people's minds.

[7eventeen]

I read your comment earlier, on the site, and it made me very happy inside. Xtra are many things, but trans/bi/otherwise queer inclusive they really are not. All that said, I'd be sad to see them go, though.

[koppermoon]

[mocks]

I find 'queer' really liberating for exactly the reasons you highlight. I really don't like bi- or poly- as labels, they come with baggage I don't want (particularly the latter), but I'm definitely not straight or mono-, y'know? So thanks for writing this, it's being useful sorting these things out a bit, and they've been on my mind a lot recently.